WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.800 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:11.500 of Matthew chapter 20 and the Gospel of John 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:15.300 chapter 11. The Gospel of Matthew chapter 20. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.719 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.739 who went out early in the morning to hire laborers 00:00:21.739 --> 00:00:24.219 for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:27.000 the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.410 into his vineyard. And he went out about the 00:00:29.410 --> 00:00:32.070 third hour and saw others standing idle in the 00:00:32.070 --> 00:00:35.009 marketplace and said to them, You also go into 00:00:35.009 --> 00:00:37.770 the vineyard and whatever is right I will give 00:00:37.770 --> 00:00:40.890 you. So they went. Again he went out about the 00:00:40.890 --> 00:00:43.549 sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise. 00:00:43.909 --> 00:00:46.549 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found 00:00:46.549 --> 00:00:49.649 others standing idle and said to them, Why have 00:00:49.649 --> 00:00:52.409 you been standing here idle all day? They said 00:00:52.409 --> 00:00:55.210 to him, Because no one hired us. He said to them, 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.859 You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is 00:00:57.859 --> 00:01:00.920 right you will receive. So when evening had come, 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.640 the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.280 Call the laborers and give them their wages, 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.579 beginning with the last to the first. And when 00:01:09.579 --> 00:01:12.000 those came who were hired about the eleventh 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.299 hour, they each received a denarius. But when 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:17.400 the first came, they supposed that they would 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.620 receive more, and they likewise received each 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:23.489 a denarius. And when they had received it, they 00:01:23.489 --> 00:01:26.129 complained against the landowner, saying, These 00:01:26.129 --> 00:01:29.950 last men have worked only one hour, and you made 00:01:29.950 --> 00:01:33.069 them equal to us who have borne the burden and 00:01:33.069 --> 00:01:35.870 the heat of the day. But he answered one of them 00:01:35.870 --> 00:01:39.549 and said, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did 00:01:39.549 --> 00:01:42.370 you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what 00:01:42.370 --> 00:01:45.650 is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this 00:01:45.650 --> 00:01:49.040 last man the same as to you. Is it not lawful 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:51.659 for me to do what I wish with my own things? 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:55.719 Or is your eye evil because I am good? So the 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.000 last will be first, and the first last. For many 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.859 are called, but few chosen. Now Jesus, going 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:05.400 up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.020 on the road and said to them, Behold, we are 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:10.819 going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:13.759 be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes. 00:02:14.189 --> 00:02:16.370 And they will condemn him to death and deliver 00:02:16.370 --> 00:02:19.569 him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and 00:02:19.569 --> 00:02:23.210 to crucify. And the third day he will rise again. 00:02:23.770 --> 00:02:26.650 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him 00:02:26.650 --> 00:02:29.629 with her sons, kneeling down and asking something 00:02:29.629 --> 00:02:32.430 from him. And he said to her, What do you wish? 00:02:32.810 --> 00:02:35.469 She said to him, Grant that these two sons of 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:38.150 mine may sit, one on your right hand and the 00:02:38.150 --> 00:02:40.800 other on the left in your kingdom. But Jesus 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.900 answered and said, You do not know what you ask. 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.680 Are you able to drink the cup that I am about 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.659 to drink and be baptized with the baptism that 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:52.800 I am baptized with? They said to him, We are 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.900 able. So he said to them, You will indeed drink 00:02:55.900 --> 00:02:58.740 my cup and be baptized with the baptism that 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:01.800 I am baptized with. But to sit on my right hand 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:05.939 and on my left is not mine to give, but it is 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:09.060 for those for whom it is prepared by my Father. 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:12.419 And when Natan heard it, they were greatly displeased 00:03:12.419 --> 00:03:15.039 with the two brothers. But Jesus called them 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.439 to himself and said, You know that the rulers 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.560 of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.860 who are great exercise authority over them. Yet 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:27.039 it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:30.300 to become great among you, let him be your servant. 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.520 And whoever desires to be first among you, let 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.689 him be your slave. just as the Son of Man did 00:03:36.689 --> 00:03:39.490 not come to be served, but to serve, and to give 00:03:39.490 --> 00:03:42.949 his life a ransom for many. Now as they went 00:03:42.949 --> 00:03:45.629 out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 00:03:45.750 --> 00:03:49.150 And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, 00:03:49.330 --> 00:03:52.229 when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried 00:03:52.229 --> 00:03:55.349 out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of 00:03:55.349 --> 00:03:58.270 David. Then the multitude warned them that they 00:03:58.270 --> 00:04:00.849 should be quiet, but they cried out all the more, 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:04.449 saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David. 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.500 So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.060 What do you want me to do for you? They said 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:13.219 to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:15.840 Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes, 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:19.100 and immediately their eyes received sight, and 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:26.139 they followed him. Now a certain man was sick, 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:29.379 Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:32.319 sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:55.000 the Lord with fragrant oil. Now Jesus loved Martha 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.660 and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard 00:04:57.660 --> 00:05:00.560 that he was sick, he stayed two more days in 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.920 the place where he was. Then after this he said 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.490 to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again. The 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:09.329 disciples said to him, Rabbi, lately the Jews 00:05:09.329 --> 00:05:11.829 sought to stone you, and are you going there 00:05:11.829 --> 00:05:15.170 again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours 00:05:15.170 --> 00:05:18.569 in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does 00:05:18.569 --> 00:05:20.990 not stumble, because he sees the light of this 00:05:20.990 --> 00:05:24.029 world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, 00:05:24.230 --> 00:05:27.089 because the light is not in him. These things 00:05:27.089 --> 00:05:29.730 he said, and after that he said to them, Our 00:05:29.730 --> 00:05:33.069 friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake 00:05:33.069 --> 00:05:36.430 him up. Then his disciples said, Lord, if he 00:05:36.430 --> 00:05:39.850 sleeps, he will get well. However, Jesus spoke 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:42.629 of his death, but they thought that he was speaking 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:46.089 about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to 00:05:46.089 --> 00:05:49.129 them plainly, Lazarus is dead, and I am glad 00:05:49.129 --> 00:05:51.670 for your sakes that I was not there, that you 00:05:51.670 --> 00:05:54.410 may believe. Nevertheless, let us go to him. 00:05:54.709 --> 00:05:57.410 Then Thomas, who is called the twin, said to 00:05:57.410 --> 00:06:00.129 his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we 00:06:00.129 --> 00:06:03.509 may die with him. So when Jesus came, he found 00:06:03.509 --> 00:06:06.649 that he had already been in the tomb four days. 00:06:06.889 --> 00:06:09.689 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles 00:06:09.689 --> 00:06:12.769 away, and many of the Jews had joined the women 00:06:12.769 --> 00:06:15.689 around Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning 00:06:15.689 --> 00:06:18.730 their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard 00:06:18.730 --> 00:06:21.629 that Jesus was coming, went and met him, but 00:06:21.629 --> 00:06:24.449 Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said 00:06:24.449 --> 00:06:27.930 to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother 00:06:27.930 --> 00:06:31.410 would not have died. But even now I know that 00:06:31.410 --> 00:06:35.370 whatever you ask of God, God will give you. Jesus 00:06:35.370 --> 00:06:38.589 said to her, Your brother will rise again. Martha 00:06:38.589 --> 00:06:41.329 said to him, I know that he will rise again in 00:06:41.329 --> 00:06:44.310 the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said 00:06:44.310 --> 00:06:47.189 to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He 00:06:47.189 --> 00:06:49.949 who believes in me, though he may die, he shall 00:06:49.949 --> 00:06:53.170 live. And whoever lives and believes in me shall 00:06:53.170 --> 00:06:56.089 never die. Do you believe this? She said to him, 00:06:56.170 --> 00:06:58.310 Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, 00:06:58.569 --> 00:07:01.189 the Son of God, who is to come into the world. 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:03.930 And when she had said these things, she went 00:07:03.930 --> 00:07:06.689 her way and secretly called Mary, her sister, 00:07:06.750 --> 00:07:09.509 saying, The teacher has come and is calling for 00:07:09.509 --> 00:07:12.329 you. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly 00:07:12.329 --> 00:07:15.610 and came to him. Now Jesus had not yet come into 00:07:15.610 --> 00:07:18.389 the town, but was in the place where Martha met 00:07:18.389 --> 00:07:21.300 him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:24.079 and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.800 up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.100 She is going to the tomb to weep there. Then 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:32.920 when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.199 fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.399 you had been here, my brother would not have 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.399 died. Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping and 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:44.079 the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.420 in the spirit and was troubled. And he said, 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.019 Where have you laid him? they said to him lord 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:53.279 come and see jesus wept then the jews said see 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.139 how he loved him and some of them said could 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:58.439 not this man who opened the eyes of the blind 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:02.240 also have kept this man from dying then jesus 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:06.100 again groaning in himself came to the tomb it 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:09.519 was a cave and a stone lay against it jesus said 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.800 take away the stone martha the sister of him 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:16.040 who was dead said to him lord by this time there 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.019 is a stench for he has been dead four days. Jesus 00:08:20.019 --> 00:08:23.060 said to her, Did I not say to you that if you 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:25.439 would believe, you would see the glory of God? 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:27.860 Then they took away the stone from the place 00:08:27.860 --> 00:08:30.779 where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:33.840 up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.159 you have heard me, and I know that you always 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:39.320 hear me. But because of the people who are standing 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:42.720 by, I said this, that they may believe that you 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.679 sent me. Now when he had said these things, he 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.019 cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:53.700 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:57.019 with grave cloth, and his face was wrapped with 00:08:57.019 --> 00:09:00.059 a cloth. Jesus said to them, loose him and let 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:03.139 him go. Then many of the Jews who had come to 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:06.220 Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:08.779 in him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:27.240 and told them the things Jesus did. And one of 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.679 them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:42.649 said to them, should perish now this he did not 00:09:42.649 --> 00:09:45.389 say on his own authority but being high priest 00:09:45.389 --> 00:09:48.590 that year he prophesied that jesus would die 00:09:48.590 --> 00:09:51.950 for the nation and not for that nation only but 00:09:51.950 --> 00:09:54.970 also that he would gather together in one the 00:09:54.970 --> 00:09:58.309 children of god who were scattered abroad then 00:09:58.309 --> 00:10:01.090 from that day on they plotted to put him to death 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:04.769 therefore jesus no longer walked openly among 00:10:04.769 --> 00:10:07.809 the jews but went from there into the country 00:10:07.809 --> 00:10:10.909 near the wilderness to a city called Ephraim, 00:10:11.029 --> 00:10:13.929 and there remained with his disciples. And the 00:10:13.929 --> 00:10:16.889 Passover of the Jews was near, and many went 00:10:16.889 --> 00:10:19.570 from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover 00:10:19.570 --> 00:10:23.070 to purify themselves. Then they saw Jesus and 00:10:23.070 --> 00:10:26.029 spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple. 00:10:26.190 --> 00:10:28.490 What do you think, that he will not come to the 00:10:28.490 --> 00:10:31.669 feast? Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees 00:10:31.669 --> 00:10:34.690 had given a command, that if anyone knew where 00:10:34.690 --> 00:10:37.730 he was, he should report it, that they might 00:10:37.730 --> 00:10:44.879 seize him. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.220 as much as I did and I look forward to seeing 00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:49.259 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:51.059 God bless you and have a great day.